Episodes

[CONTENT WARNING]: Child sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, and explicit language. Today, Jan is joined by Cheryl Wright to share her story of surviving childhood sexual abuse. She discusses the dynamics of her family, her invo...

Today, Jan extends a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. The Jan Broberg Show wants everyone to know that even if you are alone this holiday season we are thinking of you and sending our love and appreciation. You...

Please use extreme caution when listening to this episode, if you need assistance, please dial 988, The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. See content warnings below. [CONTENT WARNING] : Attempted suicide and sexual exploitation. T...

Today Jan continues her discussion on healing after trauma and how the stages of grieving apply. She emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and expressing anger as a natural part of the grieving process. Jan explores the ...

[CONTENT WARNING]: Descriptions of sexual abuse of a minor, rape of a minor, potential school shooting scenarios, attempted suicide, and sexual exploitation. Today, Jan is joined by Cheryl Hall, who tells the story of her dau...

Today, Jan continues her series on healing after trauma. In today’s episode, Jan emphasizes the importance of relationships and how they can impact one's recovery. She also shares some of her experiences dating in high schoo...

Today Jan is joined by Darla Helmick, LISW-S, who has been a licensed social worker in Ohio for over 30 years, working as a child welfare caseworker/supervisor and as a medical social worker. She currently works in the emerge...

Today Jan begins a new series on healing after trauma. In todays' episode she shares her personal experience of coping with trauma and the challenges of moving on with life, the grieving process that started when she realized...

Today Jan is joined by Narcissist_Survivor, a public figure, speaker, advocate, and narcissistic abuse recovery consultant with over 190,000k followers on Instagram. Through her twenty-plus years of lived experience with a na...

Today Jan expresses her gratitude for all those in her orbit: her family, her staff, her volunteers, and her listeners. Thank you all for making our vision at the Jan Broberg Show and Foundation Possible! Join us at The Jan B...

[CONTENT WARNING]: Discussions of childhood sexual abuse, emotional and verbal abuse, domestic violence, descriptions of violence and attempted murder. Today Jan is joined again by Sara Pitcher for part two of this two part s...

Today Jan talks about the sixth stage of grooming, "Maintaining Control". This stage is when the abuser makes threats and manipulates the child in order to continue to sexually abuse them. Everyone at The Jan Broberg Show and...

[CONTENT WARNING]: Discussions of childhood sexual abuse, emotional and verbal abuse, domestic violence. Today Jan is joined by Sara Pitcher for part one of this two part series of how a woman went from childhood abuse to a m...

Today Jan talks about the fifth stage of grooming, "Initiating Sexual Contact". This stage may start as inappropriate comments and eventually lead to sexual abuse. Everyone at The Jan Broberg Show and The Jan Broberg Foundati...

CONTENT WARNING : Sexual Abuse, Descriptions of Violence & Murder Today Jan is joined by Amy B. Chesler, author, podcaster, speaker, survivor, and victim advocate from Los Angeles, California. Her training in the arts and pub...

Today Jan explores stage 4 of the 6 stages of grooming which is 'Isolating the child'. This can take many forms, but one of the ways that seems to be consistent is using secrets as a way of putting a wedge between the child a...

In today's episode Jan is joined by Brenda Sandquist who is the founder and executive director for Xquisite, a nonprofit, established in 2012, specifically designed to walk alongside victims of human trafficking, sexual assau...

In today's show we continue with our series, Conned? Duped? Manipulated? Yes You've Been Groomed!! as Jan discusses the third stage of grooming, filling a need and playing a role in the child's life. Jan gives examples of how...

Today Jan is joined by Deb Shapiro who has, for over fifteen years, developed the talents and businesses of some of the top credentialed speakers in the industry including Hall of Fame inductees and Certified Speaking Profess...

In this episode, Jan will be talking about the second stage of grooming, as discussed by Dr. Michael Welner on Oprah.com, gaining the victim's trust. Jan will give us examples of how Bob Berthold built trust with her, her fam...

Today Jan is joined by John Doe who is here to talk to us about the dangers of internet predators and how they groom children and teens online. He uses the stages of grooming to illustrate how pedophiles target and build trus...

Today Jan begins the first part of a series within a series, introducing what the identifiable stages of grooming are, then diving into stage 1 using her story as an example. Stage 1 is how the groomer singles out a victim, t...

Today, Jan is joined by Abigail Alvarado who is here to tell her harrowing story. Starting at age 9, Abigail and her siblings were removed from the crack house they called home by Child Protective Services (CPS). After a shor...

In today's episode we start another Jan solo series and this time we're focusing on grooming, what it looks like, verbal and behavioral tactics these manipulators use, how they become a fixture in everyone around their target...